Saturdays don’t feel the same without Kirk Herbstreit breaking down the major games on College GameDay, but this Saturday, fans in Eugene, Oregon, saw him leave the sets early again in the top-10 clash between the No. 3 Oregon Ducks and No. 7 Indiana Hoosiers. The ESPN veteran is packing up mid-show for the second year in a row, and it’s not because he wants to skip the picks section. And fans were left wondering what could have come up with ESPN’s favorite analyst.

In a recent X post, Bill Hofheimer, VP ESPN PR, wrote, “ This is the second straight year, @KirkHerbstreit is leaving @CollegeGameDay in Eugene a bit early to make it to Dallas to call the Red River Rivalry game. In all, Kirk is traveling 5,400+ miles this football weekend. ” It was basically a cross-country sprint fo

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